pogrom
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒɡɹəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈɡɹoʊm/; alternatively IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɡɹəm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡɹəm, (General American) -oʊɡɹəm, (General American) -oʊm
Noun
pogrom (plural pogroms)
- A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.
- An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.
- 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
- More strikingly, when blood ran on the streets of Pittsburgh after the pogrom at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, Trump did not meet with community leaders of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, nor the family members of the dead, nor even the city’s mayor. He spoke with Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States.
Translations
riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
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Verb
pogrom (third-person singular simple present pogroms, present participle pogroming, simple past and past participle pogromed)
- (transitive) To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian погром (pogrom).
Pronunciation
Noun
pogrom c (singular definite pogromen, plural indefinite pogromer)
Inflection
Declension of pogrom
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pogrom | pogromen | pogromer | pogromerne |
| genitive | pogroms | pogromens | pogromers | pogromernes |
Further reading
- “pogrom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pogrom m (plural pogroms, diminutive pogrompje n)
Further reading
pogrom on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian погром (pogrom).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
pogrom m (plural pogroms)
Further reading
- “pogrom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
From Russian погро́м (pogróm, “pogrom, massacre”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pogrom (plural pogromok)
- pogrom (riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pogrom | pogromok |
| accusative | pogromot | pogromokat |
| dative | pogromnak | pogromoknak |
| instrumental | pogrommal | pogromokkal |
| causal-final | pogromért | pogromokért |
| translative | pogrommá | pogromokká |
| terminative | pogromig | pogromokig |
| essive-formal | pogromként | pogromokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pogromban | pogromokban |
| superessive | pogromon | pogromokon |
| adessive | pogromnál | pogromoknál |
| illative | pogromba | pogromokba |
| sublative | pogromra | pogromokra |
| allative | pogromhoz | pogromokhoz |
| elative | pogromból | pogromokból |
| delative | pogromról | pogromokról |
| ablative | pogromtól | pogromoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pogromé | pogromoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pogroméi | pogromokéi |
| Possessive forms of pogrom | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pogromom | pogromjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pogromod | pogromjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pogromja | pogromjai |
| 1st person plural | pogromunk | pogromjaink |
| 2nd person plural | pogromotok | pogromjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pogromjuk | pogromjaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- pogrom in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pogrom m inan
- massacre (intentional mass killing)
- pogrom (ethnic riot)
- (sports) carnage, resounding defeat (great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly)
- (education, humorous, slang) exam that turns out to be very hard and which most students fail
- Synonym: rzeź niewiniątek
Declension
Declension of pogrom
Derived terms
adjective
Related terms
adjective
nouns
verb
- pogromić pf
Further reading
- pogrom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pogrom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po‧grom
Noun
pogrom m (plural pogrons)
- pogrom (riot against a particular ethnic or religious group)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian погром (pogrom), from по- (po-) + громи́ть (gromítʹ, “to smash, to sack”), from гром (grom, “roar, thunder”), from Proto-Slavic *gromъ (“thunder”).
Noun
pogrom n (plural pogromuri)
- pogrom (riot against a particular ethnic or religious group)
Declension
Declension of pogrom
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) pogrom | pogromul | (niște) pogromuri | pogromurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) pogrom | pogromului | (unor) pogromuri | pogromurilor |
| vocative | pogromule | pogromurilor | ||
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian погром (pogrom).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːm
Noun
pogrom c
Declension
| Declension of pogrom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pogrom | pogromen | pogromer | pogromerna |
| Genitive | pogroms | pogromens | pogromers | pogromernas |
References
- pogrom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pogrom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pogrom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
From Russian погро́м (pogróm, “pogrom, massacre”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pogrom (definite accusative pogromu, plural pogromlar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pogrom | |
| Definite accusative | pogromu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | pogrom | pogromlar |
| Definite accusative | pogromu | pogromları |
| Dative | pogroma | pogromlara |
| Locative | pogromda | pogromlarda |
| Ablative | pogromdan | pogromlardan |
| Genitive | pogromun | pogromların |